_____ theorists believe that much of what has been written about ...

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_____ theorists believe that much of what has been written about culture in the Western world is Eurocentricbased on the uncritical assumption that European culture is the true, universal culture in which all of the world's people ought to believe.
 
  a. Conflict b. Symbolic interactionist
 c. Functionalist d. Postmodernist

Question 2

Compare the perspectives of functionalists and conflict theorists on the purposes of groups.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

According to functionalists, people form groups to meet instrumental and expressive

needs. Groups help members do jobs that are impossible to do alone or that would be

very difficult and time-consuming at best. In addition, groups help people meet their

expressive, or emotional, needs, especially those involving self-expression and support

from family, friends, and peers. Conflict theorists suggest that groups also involve a

series of power relationships whereby the needs of individual members may not be

equally served.